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- Okenwa-Emegwa, Leah, 1973-
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Embracing Equity via Reflections on Gender and Gender Equilibrium in Pre-colonial, Colonial and Post Colonial Sub-Saharan Africa : case studies from Nigeria
- 2023
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Genetic studies and analysis of artefacts, archaeology, oral history, cultural practices, and language seem to suggest that far from the popular portrayal as oppressed and marginalized, precolonial African women were visible and played key sociopolitical roles. While Africa is not homogenous in terms of cultural practices, evidence suggest that in many African societies, women were active in trade, commerce, agriculture, pottery, and metal production e.g., in West, and Southern Africa. Precolonial African women fought and led wars and had their own armies like the Amazons of Dahomey.Across various communities in Ghana, Namibia, South Africa, matriclans existed alongside Patriclans and have survived till date. Although patriarchy is still very visible, it seems many pre-colonial African societies had traditional practices that promoted gender equilibrium. Examples of such practices include the existence of several centers of authority in which women were present (e.g., the Umuada system of Eastern Nigeria); the recognition of non-binary gender (e.g., in some parts of East Africa); and the existence of non-binary gender roles such as female husbands, and male daughters (still practiced in parts of East and West Africa). In the geographical area known today as Nigeria, women were active in establishing kingdoms as found in Ondo and Daura, they were also known for long distance trade rising to become Iyalode and Iyaloja, two positions of power practiced among the Yorubas of Nigeria. The legend of powerful Queens who fought hard to protect their Kingdoms include Queen Moremi of Ile-Ife and Queen Amina of Zaria, who like Queen Idia of Bini Kingdom, led several wars. Among the Binis and Yorubas, the Queen mother remains a revered position of influence and power, and in many parts of Nigeria, women still have their own chieftaincy societies which contribute to governance and development and are a force to be reckoned with, an example is the Odu society of the Onitsha people. Practices like “sitting-on-a-man”, fines, exile or being made an outcast were tools for addressing sexism, oppression of women, and various crimes against women such as rape (e.g., among the Igbos). Unfortunately, colonialism and the introduction of new religions with strict views on women, such as Christianity and Islam, changed the status quo for women. Three case studies are presented, one is the 1929 Aba women war, a women-led protest against colonial taxation and solely based on the tradition of sitting-on-a-man. The other two case studies are taken from Chinua Achebe’s Things fall apart and address how male perpetrators of domestic violence were perceived. Against the backdrop of an analysis of old-fashioned female names of endearment and protection commonly given to women by fathers and husbands, traditional practices targeted at women are discussed through the lens of what the ancestors likely intended to achieve. These traditional practices like test of virginity, female genital mutilation, bride price, widowhood practices, land acquisition and inheritance, wife inheritance and many others are critically examined and discussed. The need to keep the good, eliminate the bad, and where necessary, beautify the ugly is emphasized.
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- Christidis, Maria, 1982-
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A Review of International Nursing-related Vocational and Educational Training on the issue of integrated teaching
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Background: The review focus was to systematize, describe and critically analyze previous international research on school-based integrated teaching for vocational knowing in nursing-related education in upper secondary and higher-level education. The review questions were: a) What kind of integration was conducted within a school context in nursing-related education? b) What in terms of vocational knowing was highlighted as a result in the studies through integrated teaching? c) What was the relation between study aim and analytical method for the vocational knowing that was highlighted?Summary of Work: Searches were conducted in two databases, EbscoHost, and ProQuest Social Sciences. Search terms ‘integrated teaching’, ‘vocational knowing’ and ‘nursing’, retrieved from the databases, were combined with “AND”. Search area was expanded by terms ‘education’, ‘curriculum’, ‘vocational’, and specified with ‘thematical integration’. Delimitations comprised admitted approaches of integration (Case Method, Problem-based Learning), and were set to scholarly, peer-reviewed articles. The first sorting comprised assessment of abstracts, while the second sorting comprised whole articles. Reference-lists of included studies were assessed for inclusion. Altogether, 14 studies were included and assessed for quality and coherence with Grade CerQual.Summary of Results:The results showed three types of integrated teaching, integration through embeddedness or streaks, problem-based learning, and between school and workplace; vocational knowing related to a professional and academic context; and there was a methodological significance for the type of vocational knowing highlighted in the studies.Discussion and Conclusions: Integrated teaching with professional connection was stressed as significant for vocational knowing, because of authenticity and meaningfulness. Vocational knowing of academic character required a professional contextualization for meaningfulness. The primary studies highlighted quantitative methodology as quality measure and by passed epistemological (constructivism and positivism) aspects. A quantitative method of approach was shown as the quality measure in primary studies. The notion of quality requires expansion with more qualitative studies, that focus on minor student groups and specific didactic situations for an in-depth understanding of integrated teaching and vocational knowing in nursing.Take-home Messages: Integrated teaching is an admitted didactical approach but highly significant for vocational knowing.
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- Christidis, Maria, 1982-
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Tools for subject integrated teaching and the formation of vocational knowledge in one Swedish Health and Social Care Program
- 2014
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of the main study was to investigate subject integrated teaching in an upper-secondary Health and Social Care program and the vocational knowledge that was shaped in teaching. The aim of this presentation is to highlight a teacher-constructed case report as a tool for subject integration, the use of the tool for integration and the kind of vocational knowledge that is shaped through the use of the tool.The material was collected ethnographically and comprised of observation on teaching, with the case report as a base, during a theme unit called “Professional language”. The material further comprised of field-notes on teaching, interviews and informal discussions, sound-recording of teaching and material handed out during teaching. The material was analysed according to Activity-Theoretical concepts of actions, goals and tools.The results identifiedthat the case report had a vocational origin but had been modified to an educational context. This qualified the case report as a boundary object. It was used by a teacher of core-subjects in teaching to highlight content related to Swedish and to vocational subjects, but also content that related to the theme unit.In conclusion, the use of the teacher-constructed case report in subject integrated teaching helped shape additional vocational knowledge compared to subject-specific teaching.
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- Christidis, Maria, 1982-, et al.
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Vocational Literacy as means for Vocational Knowing related to Ethics in a Swedish Upper Secondary Health and Social Care Program
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Ingår i: ISCAR 5th International Congress August 28th - September 1st 2017 Quebec, Canada.
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The issue of this paper is to explore what vocational knowing is made available for students in Swedish upper secondary vocational education (16+) within the Health and Social Care program, with a specific focus on literacy-related vocational knowing framed by contextualized teaching (previously integration of subjects). A case study of contextualized teaching in a Swedish upper secondary school was followed ethnographically during autumn 2012 in the Health and Social Care program (year 2 of 3). Cultural-historical activity theory was used for analyzing what vocational knowing was made available and what literacy aspects that contributed to this. Teachers constructed a theme, Death, in order to work with ethical content relevant for nurse assistants. Ethical dilemmas and literacy practices (writing notes, reading aloud) were used as tools for enhancing sharing of different perspectives. The object of learning was identified as the ability to change perspectives and taking the other’s perspective in a dilemmatic situation related to caring.
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- Mc Ewen, Birgitta, Associate professor
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Epigenetics gives new knowledge about learning : The example physical education
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Ingår i: Electronic Proceedings of the ESERA 2017 Conference. - Dublin, Ireland : Dublin City University. - 9781873769843 ; , s. 367-374
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- New knowledge in biology accumulates fast. This has great implications, for example, for our views of learning. Brain research, as well as research in the new field of epigenetics, have been very intense during the last few decades, and will doubtless influence our view of learning. It is important to follow the development in biology, derive advantages from new insights, and to consider changed practices at school. This paper is an example of how an increased amount of physical education in the school timetable could increase performance in theoretical school subjects. This relation is discussed in the light of the recently discovered epigenetic mechanisms. Studies have revealed epigenetic modifications in the brain cells during learning. Learning, combined with physical activity, has revealed increased epigenetic modifications. Thus, it has been speculated that epigenetic mechanisms might explain improved results in theoretical subjects due to physical activity. This ought to have implications for the school timetable, and lead to more physical education at school. It is discussed that one of the easiest ways to improve results in theoretical school subjects could be to increase the amount of physical education in the school timetable.
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- Muukkonen, H., et al.
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Research on knowledge practices with the contextual activity sampling system
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Ingår i: CSCL'09 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Computer supported collaborative learning. - : International Society of the Learning Sciences. - 9781409285984 ; , s. 385-394
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Contextual Activity Sampling System (CASS) research methodology and the CASS-Query application have been developed for contextually tracking of activities with a mobile phone. The method relies on frequent sampling of participants' practices and affects during periods of intensive follow-up. Two research designs provide an account of the methodological development work and the possibilities offered by CASS. The first study followed five student-groups longitudinally to examine evolution of academic knowledge practices. The findings from the second year data-collection show that trialogical practices were considered challenging, but often generated optimal-flow experiences. The second study investigated interprofessional work during a clinical course. Based on this pilot study, it was concluded that the data collected about activities and experiences over time extend the understanding of students' practices beyond what can be acquired by post-course questionnaires and can help in development of the design of interprofessional education in medicine and healthcare.
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